Love him or hate him, Kanye West is currently the most controversial name in hip-hop; yet his fame originated with an unlikely brag, being a college dropout. For 20 minutes, Chase Coleman will talk you through a brief analysis of the skits and songs that make The College Dropout the timeless classic that it is today, and why the issues that impacted Kanye’s collegiate success still exist for today’s contemporary student.
Resources to Maximize Your Overall Listening Experience:
The College Dropout (Spotify) - https://open.spotify.com/album/3ff2p3LnR6V7m6BinwhNaQ
The College Dropout (Genius - Lyrics and Annotations) - https://genius.com/albums/Kanye-west/The-college-dropout
Resources to Enhance Your Listening Experience: Intro, We Don’t Care, Graduation Day
Role of student-faculty interactions in developing college students’ academic self-concept, motivation, and achievement - http://muse.jhu.edu.libproxy.clemson.edu/article/381964
Resources to Enhance You Listening Experience: Workout Plan, The New Workout Plan
Welcome to the men’s club: Homosociality and the maintenance of hegemonic masculinity - https://www.jstor.org/stable/189829
Nelly, 2003 - https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r-mdU7LKGDM/hqdefault.jpg
50 Cent, 2003 - https://media.npr.org/assets/music/sotd/2009/11/50cent-606653ff4067b3c2488559211d4adddf497a103b-s800-c85.jpg
Kanye, 2003 - https://s3.amazonaws.com/factmag-images/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/KanyeJohnLegend100315.jpg
Resources to Enhance Your Listening Experience: School Spirit Skit 1, School Spirit, School Spirit Skit 2
Here’s what universities are saying about the alleged college admissions cheating scandal - https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/us/college-admission-cheating-universities-react/index.html
Basically all the tea you need to know about me (boys, college, youtubers) by Olivia Jade- https://youtu.be/lveMkZc-NRE?t=315
Kanye West gets honorary doctorate degree in Chicago - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/32700848/kanye-west-gets-honorary-doctorate-degree-in-chicago